Shobhan Kumar Pattanayak is a member of IFAD's Executive Board and the chairman of the organization’s Evaluation Committee. The India representative recently visited the IFAD-funded Dom Helder Camara project in Brazil to learn about the successes, challenges and lessons learned from the successful 10-year poverty reduction project. In this interview, Pattanayak explores the role of BRIC countries in poverty reduction, providing useful insight into the top lessons learned from Brazil and projects like Dom Helder Camara. ; Less